Our last day at Adelaide. We fly to Melbourne later. The temperature today was 38 degrees, phew!
It is the first day of the Tour Down Under. We went to One Tree Hill to see the race go past. It was scheduled to come through between 11.30-11.45am.
Fortunately there was more than one tree to shelter under. In fact there were several trees, the town should be renamed.
Jill had told me to check out a Russian stall in the Institute Market. I had no option but to try two of the snacks....they are a bit like a deep fried savoury donut with meat in the middle. There was a sign saying 'all money to Ukrainian Funds'. I'm still not sure whether it was money for the Russian invasion of Ukraine or the Ukraine nation? Anyway, they tasted nice and I hope I haven't inadvertently supported the naughty Mr Putin. He may be monitoring my blog and I could be subjected to a Russian cyber attack at any moment.....it will be denied, of course!
The tour sponsor train came through and we got some bags, hats, sweat bands, flashy wrist bands and a 'cow bell'.
The lead men's rider was a Belgian called De Vreese. He was well ahead of the pack.
We returned to Jack and Jill's to watch the rest of the race on the TV whilst we stayed cool. The Australian, Caleb Ewen won the stage. It had been up to 41 degrees at times. I would struggle to walk fast in that heat.
We have thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Jack and Jill's. They have looked after us very well and the loan of a car has been fantastic. It has been good to get to know them better too. Sadly, Conan the Detsroyer didn't come to say goodbye. We did, however, see Mummy and Joey kangaroo this morning.
Adelaide is a lovely city. It is clean and well organised. The beach area is great but it isn't any good for surfing (not that I can surf). There is no graffiti compared to Melbourne where it is all over the place.
We were given a lift to the airport and said our goodbyes. We need to give a big thank you to Jack and Jill for their kindness and generosity.
We had a small security problem at the airport. My rucksack was pulled to one side after it went through the scanner! I waited with a guilty look on my face. The security lady asked me if I had a bottle opener in the bag. I had been caught red handed. She had averted a terrorist incident as I had intended to storm the cockpit and hold the bottle opener to the pilots nose and force him to fly me to Brazil. My plan was now in tatters and I had to concede that the bottle opener would be confiscated. To give them credit, it did have a small blade attached to it and it shouldn't have been there. However, I did get my nail scissors through the check in my toilet bag. I apologise publicly, as I normally put my toilet bag in the suitcase but because it was a domestic flight and tubes of gels were allowed I had forgotten about what should and what shouldn't have been carried. I was lacking in my civic duty on this occasion and I won't let it happen again.
We got a taxi from Melbourne Airport to Marg's as it was cheaper and more direct than trains or buses. It was great to see Marg again. She has something planned for us tomorrow for our last full day in Australia.
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